All posts in category Schengen pix

The Brexit saga, the Mediterranean tragedy, the Schengen pantomime, the asylum redistribution farce… These are some of the ‘performances’ that defined European borders in 2018. Below you will find a visual review of the year that has just passed.

January

Living in a post-Brexit world…France and UK fight over the ‘new’ Channel border

February

Living in a post-Brexit world 2: Irish passports quite popular these days …

Trumpean walls, Libya’s new slaves, Frontex vs NGOs, the Irish/Brexit border conundrum, the permanence of temporary checks at internal frontiers… These are some of the themes that defined European borders in 2017. Here is a visual review of the year that has just passed.

January

Not just a US thing: poll finds European support for Trump-like refugee ban

February

The time is not ripe: Schengen temporary border controls extended

March

Slave trade at Europe’s outskirts

April

Drama! Frontex vs NGOs, or who is making Europe’s migration crisis worse?

May

Rebel rebel…Denmark says no to lift temporary border controls

June

At last! Visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the EU

July

EU naval mission in Med: really helpful?

August

They did it at last… Austria starts checks at Italian border (or did they)?

September

“Temporary”? EU to allow Schengen border controls for up to three years

Here is the latest instalment of Schengen Border Art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’s (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted through creative performances. Enjoy!

Here is the seventh instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’ (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted.

Freedom Bus Project – Crossborder – International Network of History and Art (2015)

Here is the sixth instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’ (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted.

Here is the fifth instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’ (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted..

Here is the fourth instalment of Schengen border art, an ongoing project in which I try to map the multifarious ways in which the Old Continent’s (real and imaginary) frontiers have been represented/performed/subverted.